Call: Improving
mutual understanding among Europeans by working through troubled pasts

Description of programme"Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative
and reflective societies"

This subprogramme will address social exclusion, discriminations and various forms
of inequalities. It will explore new forms of innovation and strengthen the evidence base for the Innovation Union, the European
Research Area and other relevant EU policies. It will promote coherent and effective cooperation with third countries. Finally,
it will address the issues of memories, identities, tolerance and cultural heritage. The approach adopted in the present calls
is in line with the Horizon 2020 Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) cross-cutting issue, engaging multiple actors including
society, integrating the gender and ethical dimensions, ensuring the access to research outcomes. Some Topics deal specifically
with formal and informal (science) education.

Understanding Europe
- promoting the European Public and Cultural Space

Description of call"Understanding
Europe - promoting the European Public and Cultural Space"

Research in the humanities and social sciences is
well-placed for making important contributions to creating a new narrative for Europe by studying the drivers of and obstacles
to the emergence of a European public sphere and a European cultural space. The role that technology
can play in promoting a better understanding of the richness of Europe’s heritage and diversity equally deserves
further exploration as well as solutions-driven options. A thorough and continuous reflection of Europe's cultural and
social diversity and its past facilitates tackling societal challenges that European societies face today and will face tomorrow
due to endogenous as well as external factors.

Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):

Democratic discourses and the rule of law

Improving mutual understanding among Europeans by
working through troubled pasts

Cultural literacy of young generations in Europe

Contemporary histories of
Europe in artistic and creative practices

Religious diversity in Europe - past, present and future

Participatory
approaches and social innovation in culture

Cultural heritage of European coastal and maritime regions

Virtual
museums and social platform on European digital heritage, memory, identity and cultural interaction.

European cultural
heritage, access and analysis for a richer interpretation of the past.

Improving mutual
understanding among Europeans by working through troubled pasts

Description of call"Improving
mutual understanding among Europeans by working through troubled pasts"

Commemorating and teaching the past as well
as preserving and cultivating the memory of troubled pasts are important in this regard. A critical engagement with negative
heritage may also facilitate the construction of more value-oriented identities. More knowledge is needed on whether and how
such discourses occur in various European countries. The specific challenge is to explore how uncomfortable histories are
reflected and reappraised especially with a view to enhancing mutual understanding (and reconciliation when relevant) among
Europeans.

The research to address this challenge should in particular focus on the following key dimensions:

Formal
education, curricula and teaching practice

Civil society, informal education and political discourses

Research
should comparatively explore evidence and narratives of critical reflection and engagement with troubled pasts across Europe.

At
least three legal entities. Each of the three must be established in a different EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated
country. All three legal entities must be independent of each other

Recurring Call

No

Type of Funding

Grant

Financial
details

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU in the order of 2.5
million € for each dimension would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. This does
not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.